Fri.Apr 26, 2019

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How to put crowd-hacking to work for your organization

TechBeacon

The hacking business is huge, and global spending on cybersecurity is growing, increasing demand for cybersecurity specialists. At the same time, the data breach landscape will expand concurrently with the growth of the virtual population.

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Why Do Communities of Practice Fail? Understanding CoPs and Its Limitations

Evolution4all

Why Do Communities of Practice Fail? Communities of practice (CoP) have become an integral part of the organisational landscape. Companies use it to share best practices, improve employee performance, develop new strategies, and create innovative approaches to resolving problems. As someone with a leadership position, if you’re not aware that your company have CoPs, you’re part of the problem.

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How to Answer the Question You Can’t Answer

Let's Grow Leaders

Has this ever happened to you? You prepare carefully for a meeting with your team or your boss. You think you’ve covered all your bases. And then here it comes, the question you can’t answer. What you say next matters– a lot. […]. The post How to Answer the Question You Can’t Answer appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Communities of Practice Success Stories: How World-Class Companies Run Their CoPs

Evolution4all

Communities of Practice Success Stories. Empowering communities of practice is one of the best ways to foster learning and boost performance in your organisation. Here , we talked about how CoPs enable knowledge transfer (which is basically one of its primary roles). But to truly appreciate their value, it would be best to tell you about communities of practice success stories.

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Streamlining Database Compliance with CI/CD Integration

IT leaders know the importance of compliance at every level, but the database often gets left behind as other environments are automated for robust protection. This whitepaper emphasizes the importance of robust, auditable, and secure database change management practices for safeguarding organizational compliance. Learn how automating database compliance: Mitigates risk Protects against security vulnerabilities Helps avoid regulatory penalties Aligns database workflows with app lifecycle Turns d

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Careers in Tech: Recent Graduate Turned Cloud Engineer

Linux Academy

I had the privilege of speaking with an amazing student in our community! Nicholas just joined our community when his company got a Linux Academy for Business account ! Nicholas is a recent graduate turned cloud engineer and is already helping others in their cloud journey! Read about how his journey to becoming a cloud engineer and starting his career!

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DevOps Chat: Digital Transformation with Exadel’s Jonathan Fries

DevOps.com

In this DevOps Chat, Jonathan Fries, VP of Engineering and Digital Transformation at Exadel, tells us about the new Innovation Lab by Exadel—a place for organizations to accelerate their transformation. We also talk about the state of IT in general from his perch at Exadel, a company with 20 years of empowering IT. You can […]. The post DevOps Chat: Digital Transformation with Exadel’s Jonathan Fries appeared first on DevOps.com.

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Communities of Practice Guidelines For Your Business

Evolution4all

Communities of Practice Guidelines. Communities of practice are a well-established organisational framework designed for cultivating and sharing knowledge capital among the corporate workforce. But how do you set it up according to the needs and structure of your company? How do you ensure that it will benefit your organisation and help you achieve your goals?

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10 Tips to Improve Your Donor Newsletter

TechSoup

Engaging with your donors is critical to your fundraising efforts, and your donor newsletter is a key tool in your arsenal to take you on the path to success. We're using an expansive definition of the donor newsletter to include print, email, and video newsletters. We're also considering newsletters that are targeted at prospective donors. Read on as we show you 10 tips to create a donor newsletter that has better impact.

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Oracle WebLogic Affected by Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2019-2725)

Tenable

Oracle WebLogic is vulnerable to a new deserialization vulnerability that could allow an attacker to execute remote commands on vulnerable hosts. Background. On April 17, China National Vulnerability Database (CNVD) published a security bulletin about an unauthenticated remote command execution (RCE) vulnerability in Oracle WebLogic ( CNVD-C-2019-48814 ).

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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Top 4 Text-to-Speech Software with Natural Voices

QBurst

Generating natural speech remains the holy grail of text-to-speech (TTS) synthesis systems. While intelligible TTS systems are well-developed, the quest for the perfect-sounding one is still on. Remember Duplex that debuted at Google I/O 2018? This AI-powered Google Assistant famously dialed up a salon, negotiated an appointment with the staff in an intelligent back-and-forth communication, […].

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The Unbearable Coolness of Cloud Functions

Linux Academy

Let me be honest, right up front: Google Cloud Functions are amazing. I just spent the last several months immersed in them so I could bring you the Google Cloud Functions Deep Dive , and I’m blown away by their flexibility, ease-of-use, and potential. I’ve long been a fan and advocate of system integration: the more you can leverage separate services to work together toward a common goal, the better.

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See you at Global Partner Summit!

Dell EMC

We’re just days away from kicking off Global Partner Summit at Dell Technologies World 2019! This year’s agenda is packed with inspiring speakers, thought-provoking sessions, celebrations, special performances and all kinds of announcements. And the best part? It’s all specially designed for you, the industry’s best partner community. In FY19, Dell Technologies partners delivered $50B in orders,* helping us defy the odds, raise the bar and accelerate the success.

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How will 5G change patient engagement?

DXC

Few things have fueled the hype curve more in recent years than the coming widespread availability of 5G transmission speeds on mobile devices. Many other telecommunications trends have been evolutionary, but I sense that 5G is seen by many as revolutionary. The healthcare industry could be a major beneficiary of this extra speed, given the […].

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Top 5 Challenges in Designing a Data Warehouse for Multi-Tenant Analytics

Multi-tenant architecture allows software vendors to realize tremendous efficiencies by maintaining a single application stack instead of separate database instances while meeting data privacy needs. When you use a data warehouse to power your multi-tenant analytics, the proper approach is vital. Multi-tenant analytics is NOT the primary use case with traditional data warehouses, causing data security challenges.

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‘BabyShark’ Targets Cryptocurrency Industry

Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks has discovered that the threat actor behind the BabyShark malware family has expanded its operations beyond conducting espionage to also targeting the cryptocurrency industry. The company’s threat research team, Unit 42, discovered decoy documents related to xCryptoCrash, an online gambling game, that show the attackers are now also targeting the cryptocurrency industry.

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Member of the Band – Matt Rosemeier Senior Consultant in Services

Gorilla Logic

Much like a pod of whales or a pack of wolves, did you know that a group of gorillas is called a band? In this blog series, we’re going to introduce you to members of our band – engineers, technical recruiters, PMs, designers, and more who make up the most important asset in Gorilla Logic…our talent! Are you Gorilla material? Join the band today!

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Channel Scoop – April 26, 2019

Palo Alto Networks

Our partners are finding success using the Best Practice Assessment (BPA) tool. Watch the video and hear what they have to say. Use this map to success to ensure your customers are getting the most out of our Security Operating Platform. Cortex XDR Training. Learn more about Cortex XDR and its role in our Security Operating Platform. This Cortex XDR training provides information about the advanced threat protection capabilities of Cortex XDR and will demonstrate the hands-on steps necessary to p

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Do Data Leaks Have to Be So Common?

Lacework

Just as you would protect your physical assets by locking the doors to your shop, the data that is stored and transacted in your cloud must also be secured like valuable assets. The problem, however, is that data changes, assets are spun up on the fly, and change is continuous. Data is used with such [.]. Read More. The post Do Data Leaks Have to Be So Common?

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7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production

Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database that boasts an architecture that delivers high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful read-and-write performance required for many data-heavy use cases. However, many developers and administrators who are new to this NoSQL database often encounter several challenges that can impact its performance.

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‘BabyShark’ Targets Cryptocurrency Industry

Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks has discovered that the threat actor behind the BabyShark malware family has expanded its operations beyond conducting espionage to also targeting the cryptocurrency industry. The company’s threat research team, Unit 42, discovered decoy documents related to xCryptoCrash, an online gambling game, that show the attackers are now also targeting the cryptocurrency industry.

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Should your IT operations be human-led or product-led?

Loom Systems

It’s only with the massive advancement of AIOps technology that a question like this can even be posed. Traditionally, every alarm or problem notification needed to be human-driven. Once an environment was set up, a project would ensue where the company gathered its monitoring experts and the folks who did the building to discuss what scenarios would indicate that something was broken.

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Channel Scoop – April 26, 2019

Palo Alto Networks

Our partners are finding success using the Best Practice Assessment (BPA) tool. Watch the video and hear what they have to say. Use this map to success to ensure your customers are getting the most out of our Security Operating Platform. Cortex XDR Training. Learn more about Cortex XDR and its role in our Security Operating Platform. This Cortex XDR training provides information about the advanced threat protection capabilities of Cortex XDR and will demonstrate the hands-on steps necessary to p

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TDD and Code Coverage Tools

Net Objectives

In TDD and Code Coverage, we established that code coverage tools do not provide useful project metrics, in and of themselves. In TDD, we don’t use code coverage tools for this purpose because we don’t need to. If all production code is written to satisfy prewritten, failing tests, then by definition, all code is covered. … Continue reading "TDD and Code Coverage Tools".

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Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI

“Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” is an extensive guide for integrating generative AI into product strategy and careers featuring over 150 real-world examples, 30 case studies, and 20+ frameworks, and endorsed by over 20 leading AI and product executives, inventors, entrepreneurs, and researchers.

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Digitally Smart or Operationally Intelligent – Do you really speak IT/OT?

IDC

Four months ago, IDC launched its IT/OT Convergence Strategies program , and since then both end users and technology vendor engagement around the topic has been outstanding. These engagements have happened across the board: with IT leadership, operational technology (OT) leadership, and relevant business leaders all in some manner participating in the IT/OT convergence enablement ecosystem.

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Why Not Having Adopted Agile Yet May Be Your Best Competitive Edge

Net Objectives

Most companies have gone to some form of Agile. The sense is Agile is something that has to be done in order to keep up with the competition. For large companies the ‘Agile’ method of choice seems to be SAFe. I put Agile in quotes because SAFe isn’t really Agile. It’s more of a large … Continue reading "Why Not Having Adopted Agile Yet May Be Your Best Competitive Edge".

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Identity is Security: Cyberschool is in Session

Sailpoint

We love Fridays, and not just because we love the weekend. It’s also the day that we stop and review all the interesting things that happened in the world of security. This week we saw a lot of development across the pond, as the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre held their CYBERUK conference in Glasgow. One thing that really caught my attention was this new online cyber fitness test for business in the UK.

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Step 2: Shift from Agile at the team to business agility

Net Objectives

Agile is a great ideal. It feels good. It is a call to liberation. We should never lose this. But we must also remember Millard Fuller’s observation “It is easier to act your way into a new way of thinking than think your way into a new way of acting.” This means working together will … Continue reading "Step 2: Shift from Agile at the team to business agility".

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Entity Resolution Checklist: What to Consider When Evaluating Options

Are you trying to decide which entity resolution capabilities you need? It can be confusing to determine which features are most important for your project. And sometimes key features are overlooked. Get the Entity Resolution Evaluation Checklist to make sure you’ve thought of everything to make your project a success! The list was created by Senzing’s team of leading entity resolution experts, based on their real-world experience.

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Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) Training Workshop in Ottawa—July 11-12, 2019

Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

Agile Pain Relief presents a two-day Certified ScrumMaster Workshop in Ottawa—July 11-12, 2019 taught by certified Scrum Trainer Mark Levison.

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PowerSchool and Microsoft: Transforming the Classroom and Extending Learning Beyond School Walls

PowerSchool

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Hosting A Corporate Awards Event

Strategy Driven

A company award ceremony is definitely something to get excited about. It is a chance for everyone to leave their work self at the door and unleash their glitzy and glamorous side. Nonetheless, in order to put on an award ceremony to rival the Oscars, you need to put an extensive amount of planning into place. This blog post will help you with that.

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